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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbars</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Customize</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window enables you to:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Hide or show toolbars by selecting the appropriate checkbox</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Rename toolbars</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Create new toolbars</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Delete toolbars</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Modify toolbar contents by dragging commands from the <a href="customizecommands.htm">Commands</a> tab onto a visible toolbar</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Reset a toolbar (or all toolbars) to the default contents and position, and</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Display text labels under the toolbar icons (perhaps temporarily, just to check what the icons do).</span></li>
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<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="customizemenu-toolbars.png" width="423" height="305" border="0" alt="CustomizeMenu-Toolbars"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To access the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbars</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab, either:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">On the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Tools</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> menu select </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Customize</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">At the far right of any toolbar, click on the drop-down arrow and select the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Customize</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> option.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Create a New Toolbar and Populate it with Commands<a name="createnewtoolbar"></a></span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create a new toolbar and populate it with commands:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools | Customize</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Customize</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbars</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button.</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbar Name</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="createnewtoolbar-step1.png" width="368" height="107" border="0" alt="CreateNewToolbar-Step1"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Toolbar Name</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type a name for your new toolbar and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> </span><span class="f_NumberedList">button. Your new toolbar is created.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="createnewtoolbar-step2.png" width="419" height="291" border="0" alt="CreateNewToolbar-Step2"></li>
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<p class="p_NumberedList"><span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="917" bgcolor="#efeff7" style="width:917px; background-color:#efeff7;"><p class="p_TiporNote" style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_TiporNote">Note:</span></p>
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<td width="917" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:917px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Show text labels</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkbox to display textual descriptions of toolbar items.</span></p>
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<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Now add commands to your toolbar. Click on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Commands</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab. This forces the new toolbar behind the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Customize</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog, so you might have to drag the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Customize</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog to the side to find your new toolbar.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="customizemenu-commands.png" width="437" height="372" border="0" alt="CustomizeMenu-Commands"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">Find the command to add to your toolbar in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Commands</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> list. The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Categories</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> list on the left represents the Enterprise Architect menu structure and the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Commands</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> list updates each time you click on a different category.</span></li>
<li value=8><span class="f_NumberedList">Drag the selected command from the list into the new toolbar. If you selected the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Show text labels</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> checkbox, your toolbar should now look like this:</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="createnewtoolbar-step5.png" width="67" height="59" border="0" alt="CreateNewToolbar-Step5"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">If you did not select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Show text labels</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> checkbox, your toolbar should look like this:</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="createnewtoolbar-step5-notext.png" width="28" height="46" border="0" alt="CreateNewToolbar-Step5-NoText"></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can add as many commands to your toolbar as required. Your new toolbar behaves the same way as other toolbars; you can position it next to the other toolbars at the top of the application workspace, dock it to the side of the workspace or close it.</span></p>




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